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Tower Crawl

By LachlanM and albyk

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5113.6930
Fun4443.6730
Innovation3883.6430
Theme6373.6429
Graphics9123.4230
Audio5543.4230
Humor9402.6226
Mood4553.6629

Comments

2021-10-04 16:26

Interesting, I liked the change at dusk

xschaumix 2021-10-04 16:35

Overall a great game! even after 30 minutes of gameplay I still didn't manage to reach the top :laughing: Well done!

thewustache 2021-10-04 17:04

That game over screen :D The monsters are super creepy, I like it. I'm not sure how to defend against them though, they just jump over all my defenses. I really enjoyed the building mechanic though!

albyk 2021-10-04 22:55

@thewustache @xschaumix @murdercatgames Hey sorry everyone for making the game a bit hard. We forgot to add that using turrets is the best way to defend your base at night, and to save for them first is the best thing to do

rayredd 2021-10-05 00:07

Great game! Big fan of construction games! I got so close to the top but my tower fell over LOL

jared-york 2021-10-05 01:45

Are you able to make a web export? I really want to play this!

zeit 2021-10-05 01:51

It was so fun! I would like to paly it over and over!

kekkodude 2021-10-05 02:08

Neat little "Tower defense" game, took me back to some old web titles I used to play that i sadly cannot remember the names for. Made some Unstable base foundations and had some fun, wish I could pick up scrap pieces from the destroyed structures and re-use them in some way.

albyk 2021-10-05 02:31

@jared-york added a web export so now you can play it

wooshdude 2021-10-05 03:20

very satisfying to use the gun, and the monsters were very creepy. very enjoyable game with an interesting spin on classic tower defense games!

maxthedoom 2021-10-05 03:36

Great game! I think some way to skip daytime when you're done with your constructions would be neat as well. Totally forgot you could rotate buildings, making towers using the anchored steel pipes ended up being real sturdy! I'm not too sure the anchored bits are any more expensive though.

lachlanm 2021-10-05 03:42

@maxthedoom Thank you for playing! We originally intended for the anchored pieces to be more expensive, but we ran out of time. The time skip feature is one I will keep in mind if we do a post jam update, as it could lead to some interesting things.

albyk 2021-10-05 03:44

@maxthedoom yeah i agree with the day skip thing, after submitting the game it was the first thing i noticed i wanted to be changed

python-b5 2021-10-05 11:20

Ooh, this one's cool! Took me a bit to get the hang of but was fun once I figured it out.

Really like the mood and how creepy the monsters are, good job :)

neputevshina 2021-10-05 11:25

interesting concept! however it seems like R button isn't working in web version and if i think this is what you need to build something. didn't check windows version because linux upd: sorry, i get it. turns out you need to use scroll to select a building

sethjmoore 2021-10-06 01:57

This one has me hooked. I might have to come back to it until I can win, same as I need to do with [Mission Control](https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/mission-control) by @petturtle.

Great job making the creatures creepy!

darsa 2021-10-06 02:10

Nice job, pretty innovative and fun; I wish I could skip the days though; adding a song wouldn't be a bad idea I guess. I really enjoyed your game :D

nephronhunter 2021-10-06 03:11

The death graphic is amazing. I really liked the game play and the design. I found a work around that if you build very badly they can't get to very angled materials and will be caught in the cone of bad construction. I had a lot of fun.

2021-10-06 11:38

Interesting game! I included it in my Ludum Dare 49 compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/jL-Xn4X6IAQ

heiach 2021-10-07 00:53

I got so distracted trying to make a base and walls that I totally forgot about the main objective of reaching the pipe above!

jake-marks 2021-10-07 01:01

Well, that pipe is going to stay not breached, because I had a HELL of a time with this game. I think the difficulty is too high for an LD game. The concept is solid. The enemies could use some more feedback as well. Controls are very responsive.

VOD Link: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1168815128

lachlanm 2021-10-07 01:04

@jake-marks Thank you so much for playing our game! I definitely agree with the high difficulty, as the game only really reached a fully playable state right at the end, so we had very little time to balance it out. If we do a post jam update we will add some sort of difficulty control.

morhailen 2021-10-07 01:57

Monsters are creepy. It's a pity you can't hide in the sand. = 9

ruruie 2021-10-17 01:08

There's a bit of a jumping glitch, at least on the web version, where the player bunnyhops constantly without any key press. Other than that, I feel like maybe the game wants to be turn based rather than real-time during the build phase. I felt like I wanted to skip to night more often than not.

evangreenwood 2021-10-21 14:23

Wow, that second wave was awful. I finally got a turret placed, and it was right in line with all the banshee bullets.

The day/night cycle is super long. I spent most of the game waiting for something to happen. Didn't seem like there was a speed up bullet or enough to keep me busy (and when the enemies came they were overwhelming)

I was really enjoying the game until it wrecked me and undid all my hard work.